Attachment for folding card tables



Feb. 18, 1930. w. HANLEY ATTACHMENT FOR FOLDING CARD TABLES Filed Dec 20, 1927 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Feb. 18, 1930 UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM HANLEY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW' JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO FERGUSON BROTH- ERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY ATTACHMENT FOR FOLDING CAB-D TABLES Application filed December 20, 1927. Serial No. 241,353.

There is a demand at the present time for elaborately decorated folding card tables, such tables being frequently very expensive. Consequently there is a disinclination on the part of the owners to store the tables when not in use, because of their attractiveness and because of the liability of their becoming damaged.

The object of this invention is to provide a removable attachment for the table whereby the table may be used as a screen when not in use as a card table, thus permitting the table to perform a double function and render it an attractive and useful article of furniture.

My invention more particularly comprises foot members for receiving the lower edge of the table top when the table is folded, said foot members having means for engaging the table top to secure the foot members thereto.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents a front view of the folded card table when in use as a screen.

Fig. 2 represents a side view of the same, a portion of the table being broken away to more clearly illustrate the yielding means carried by the foot member for remo'vably securing the foot member to the table.

Fig. 3 represents a back View.

Fig. 4 represents a detail side new of one of the foot members, a portion of the foot member being broken away to more clearly illustrate the means for yieldingly mounting the hook which engages the table top to secure the foot member thereto.

The folding card table top is denoted by 1, its side frame by 2 and its frame crossbars b 3.

The folding card table attachment is herein shown as comprising two foot members 4 having recesses 5 for receiving the lower edge of the table top when the top is d sposed vertically to form a screen. The yielding means'carried by the foot members for engaging the table top to secure the foot members thereto is herein shown as comprising a vertically disposed spring actuated rod 6 for each foot member, the lower portion of the said rod extending through a vertical hole in the foot member, said vertical hole having a reduced upper bore 7 and an enlarged lower bore 8 forming an internal shoulder 9. This rod is yieldingly held at the limit of its upward movement by means of a spring 10 surrounding the lower portion of the rod within the enlarged bore 8 and located between the head 11 at the lower end of the rod'and the shoulder 9. If so desired, lower and upper washers 12 and 13 may be provided. at the lower and upper ends of the spring. The upper end of the rod 6 is developed into a hook 14, preferably having a sharp point 15, arranged to engage one of the table top frame crossbars 8. A suitable handle for manipulating the hook rod 6 may be provided as, for instance, by forming a loop 16 in the rod.

When the table is to be used as a screen, the lower edge of the table top is placed in the recesses 5 of the foot members and the hook rods 6 are raised against the tension of their springs to bring the points of the hooks into engagement with one of the table top frame crossbars 3, thus securely fastening the foot members to the table.

It is evident that various changes may be resorted to in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; and hence, I do not wish to be limited to the particular embodiment herein shown and described, but

What I claim is -1. An attachment for supporting a folding card table with its top disposed vertically to form a screen, comprising foot members having recesses for receiving the lower edge of the table top and vertically disposed spring actuated hooks carried by the foot members and adapted to engage the table top for removably securing the foot members thereto.

2. An attachment for supporting a folding card table with its top disposed vertically to form a screen, comprising foot members, each having a recess for receiving the lower edge of the table top and a vertically disposed spring actuated rod carried by the foot memher, said rod being developed into a hook for engaging the table top to removablysecure the foot member thereto.

3. An attachment for supporting a folding card table with its top disposed vertically to form a screen, comprising foot members, each having a recess for receiving the lower edge of the table top and a vertically disposed spring actuated rod carried by the foot memher,- said rod being developed into a hook for engaging the table top to removably secure the foot member thereto, said rod also being developed into a handle for manipulating it.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this 17th day of December, 1927.

WILLIAM HANLEY. 

